Friday, April 29, 2005

NASA's Earth Science Program

Dr. Tomothy Killeen, Director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research and President-Elect of the American Geophysical Union, has given a nice presentation before the House Science Committee, April 28, 2005, especially outlining the role of NASA's Earth Science Program (ESP) in the Earth Observing System and in gathering environmental data. How well the ESP operates might indirectly affect how we gather satellite data for coral reef mapping and monitoring.

Jim

Friday, April 22, 2005

Strategic Plan for IEOS

The final Stratetic Plan for the U.S. Integrated Earth Observing System has just been released.

Other links of use along these lines include,

United States Group on Earth Observations

NOAA's Earth Observing System Page

You may also be interested to read the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy's announcement of the plan, see .

Friday, April 01, 2005

The Global Observing Systems Information Center

The Global Observing Systems Information Center has a nice interface for determining what observing systems are where, and what they're measuring. Hopefully all of ours systems will soon be listed.

Jim